Rate Fears Push Shares Lower

The Straits Times Index fell 21.75 to 2118.65. The DBS-50 index, which gives greater weighting to the largest stocks and excludes foreign-currency issues, declined 7.52 to 677.07. Declines led advances 349 to 52, while 48 stocks remained unchanged. Volume was estimated at 649.1 million shares, from 577.9 million shares Friday.